Crash course in PLO needed

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Playing in a rotation game tomorrow, 5/5 blinds, alternating rounds of NLH and PLO. I am a good NLH player and have no idea how to play PLO.

Links? Essential posts / sites? Sorry I know this is a noobish and stupid question. Feel free to berate me. Don't have time to wait for a book to arrive obv.

Thanks,
NT

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I assume you know that you must play 2 cards out of your hand and 3 on the board.

1. You want to play hands that build top set, nut flushes and nut straights. As for the latter, consider where your gaps are. J987 is MUCH weaker than JT97.

2. Straight draw "wraps" can have a lot more outs than flush draws.

3. Position is crucial, especially for weaker, obvious drawing hands like bare flush draws. Up front, stick to top set hands and combo draws (Ah9h8x7x), etc.

4. Raising out of position is suicide for someone new to the game, in part because you broadcast that you have AAxx. Limp and hope to reraise those AAxx hands up front.

5. Except for top set hands like AAxx, KKxx, and maybe QQxx, avoid hands with danglers out of position. Every Omaha hand is 6 holdem hands. If you have KQJ2, for example, 3 of your 6 combinations are K2, Q2 and J2.

6. Bottom two pair, top and bottom pair and bottom set are fools gold if you get any action. Even middle set or top 2 pair can cost you your stack if you aren't careful. Also, beware of straights w/no redraws on a 2 flush board when you get action - he might be freerolling for a flush on you.